Monthly Archives: October 2012

While we continue to grow excited for showing off our Halloween costumes, there’s something strange brewing in the UK: Capcom, video game developer and publisher of the widely successful Resident Evil franchise, has opened an edible meat market in London. No big deal, right? Wrong. It’s a human flesh meat market. Take a look:

Reminds me of the human bakery, in Thailand. This stuff is straight out of someone’s nightmare.

To be fair, the meat is not, in fact, made from human flesh. It’s mammalian meat designed in the shape of human body parts, though it still gives the whole meat consumption thing an eery vibe.

We here at fright catalog are getting more and more excited for the best day of the year, HALLOWEEN! And as we buzz around the office, fulfilling orders, answering calls and basically being the Christmas elves of Halloween- a certain conversation topic keeps resurfacing. Halloween movies of course!

As we all know, around this time each year there are always a few new Halloween movies that come out in theater. This Friday in fact marks the opening of Tim Burtons newest film Frankenweenie! This is the story of a young boy who, like many of us, couldnt seem to get past the death of his pet. Burton took this relatable experience and used it to make a new lease on the oldie but goodie story line of Frankenstein.

Which made us wonder- how many retelling of Frankenstein are out there anyway? How many cinema classics has Marry Shellys work of literature inspired? We certainly have many Frankenstein products like this costume with a classic look.

Naturally- this sparked a very long winded discussion in the office through which we came up with what we think are the top three representations of Frankenstein.

Of course there is the classic 1931 FRANKENSTEIN film directed by James Whale. This film in particular has a long history with censorship. In 31 when it was first released, many state censorship boards cut out the scene where the monster throws a little girl in a lake and accidentally downs her. Â This is a pivotal moment in the plot however as it marks the moment when the monster realizes its own mortality- many suggest that without this moment the story is degraded to monster film.

Second there is the 1994 version of Frankenstein, featuring the man the myth the legend- ROBERT DINERO!
Maybe not his best look!

And FINALLY! LAST BUT NOT LEAST! Our personal favorite:
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN!
For any of the fright fans out there that have never seen this amazing, amazing piece of cinema, we HIGHLY SUGGEST IT! It has all the things you could ask for in film- great one liners, an epic dance number and the best of Gene Wilder!

It wouldn’t feel like October if someone somewhere weren’t having a bomb squad called due to hyper realistic Halloween costumes. Thankfully, in San Mateo, California, that’s exactly what happened.

At 9:30am today, a man identified as Gilberto Masias was driving around town while wearing a gas mask with grenades hanging from his neck. This freaked out some of the locals, who immediately called the police.

The police called the sheriff’s department, which responded by sending out a bomb squad to find the guy. After evacuating about a half-block area, the bomb squad members detained Masias, where upon they discovered that he was wearing a Halloween costume.

“Sir, I’mma have to ask you to tone down your costume’s awesomeness.”

But it gets better: bomb squad members also discovered an inert grenade in his car, according to UPI.com.

When asked about the gas mask and grenade, Masias claimed to be a costume shop worker wearing an early Halloween costume, so as to get into the mood for the month.

Now, let’s talk for a minute about this guy’s dedication to Halloween costumes. I understand wearing a costume around to get a feel for it, to get into the character, and so forth. But an inactive grenade? Where the hell does someone get an inactive grenade? And why would you carry it around?

Plus, the bomb squad claims to only have found one inactive grenade, yet locals claimed he wore a necklace of grenades. Did he purchase the necklace and accidentally end up receiving an actual grenade? If so, that’s awesome.

I wonder if the police would have reacted the same way if Masias were a woman.

Well, maybe not too awesome, since Masias was cited for possession of an inactive grenade.

Regardless, this is definitely a sign of things to come, this month. It’s time to bust out those costumes, people, because Halloween is only 28 days away. Get those Halloween decorations up, finalize those costumes, and start preparing for the madness, because it’s only just begun.